Biden makes comparisons....

Really? The most audacious plan in 500 years? So he's saying that it was the most daring military action since 1512? I can think of quite a few things that might rank up there. D-Day, the rescue of the Cabanatuan prisoners come to mind immediately. This is not to take away from the operation to kill Osama Bin Laden. Also, even if it was, I'd think that the credit should then go to the Navy SEALs and Admiral McRaven for planning and executing the whole operation. What do other people think, should the credit go to the President for giving the green light? I think he should get some of the credit, but the majority? Of course, in my opinion, no politician has necessarily ever deserved the lion's share of credit for a successful military operation. Read the original here.
Biden: Bin Laden killing most 'audacious' plan in 500 years
By JENNIFER EPSTEIN |
3/19/12 10:00 PM EDT

Vice President Joe Biden is the biggest cheerleader of the president's decision to raid Osama bin Laden's compound and, on Monday, he offered new praise for the choice Obama made last spring.

“You can go back 500 years. You cannot find a more audacious plan. Never knowing for certain. We never had more than a 48 percent probability that he was there,” Biden said at a fundraiser in Morris Township, N.J.

“Do any one of you have a doubt that if that raid failed that this guy would be a one-term president?” Biden asked. Obama, he said, “is willing to do the right thing and risk losing.”

Biden said he spends four to six hours a day with the president and watches him make decisions. “I’m telling you, man, this guy is not only smart as hell, he is absolutely ready to make the decision and stand back and live with it. No whining," the vice president said. "I literally do get to be the last guy in the room.”

Tickets for the fundraiser started at $1,000 and went up to $5,000 for a VIP reception. There were 140 guests and, in all, the pool reporter estimated that the event brought in about $400,000.